By EPA Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: Four House Democratic Committee Leaders sent a follow-up letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma today reiterating their request for answers on the Trump Administration’s decision to decline to defend protections...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a follow-up letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today renewing his request for answers on the ongoing family separation crisis following recent reports that raise new questions about the Trump Administration’s efforts to adequately track, care for, and reunite children in its custody.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael Burgess M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018 at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Implementing the 21st Century Cures Act: An Update from the Office of the National Coordinator."
By EPA Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced the Trump Administration will attempt to roll back carbon emissions standards for new coal power plants...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), announced a hearing for Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018 at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Public Private Partnerships for Federal Energy Management."
By EPA Newswire | Dec 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement following the death of the 41st President of the United States, George H.W. Bush...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), today announced a hearing for Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “RAY BAUM’S Act: A Bipartisan Foundation for Bridging the Digital Divide."
By EPA Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ways & Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) sent a letter to top Trump Administration officials demanding answers to a series of questions on the Administration’s latest illegal efforts to undermine the Affordable Care Act (ACA) ...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed three bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee bills. Collectively, the bills promote the use of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and advance public health.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways & Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA), and Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that 2.4 million Americans have selected health insurance plans through state and federal marketplaces, a drop from this point in 2017...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), announced a hearing for Wednesday, December 5 at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining the Availability of SAFE Kits at Hospitals in the United States."
By EPA Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), announced today a hearing for Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Discussion Draft: The 21st Century Transportation Fuels Act."
By EPA Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on the release of United Nations Emissions Gap report...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 23, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on the release of the Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, which is an assessment of impacts of climate change on the nation and its territories...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler today requesting documents and information about the agency’s decision to roll back policies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions to address climate change.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released a report on actions the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) should take to ensure proper regulatory compliance by states with regard to encounter data reliability in managed care organizations (MCO). This study was undertaken by GAO in response to questions raised by the Committee on Energy and Commerce regarding the reliability of Medicaid managed care encounter data.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: Democratic leaders on health care committees in the House and Senate today called on the Trump Administration to cease their continued attacks on affordable, comprehensive health care for Americans, following a proposed change to Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act that would further open the door to junk insurance plans and undermine health care for people with pre-existing conditions.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on the alarming statistics on youth e-cigarette usage released by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the announcement on FDA’s new steps to address the youth e-cigarette crisis and proposal to ban menthol in combustible tobacco products...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: As Democrats prepare to take the House Majority in January, three Democratic Committee leaders, whose committees have jurisdiction over climate change, announced today that their committees will hold a series of hearings over a two-day period early next year to assess the effects of climate change and the need for action.
